Academic Analysis
Georgia Tech

Department & college salaries

Median compensation of instructors who taught in each unit, by fiscal year. Attribution is by teaching activity, so this reflects teaching-faculty pay, not a unit’s full payroll.

Median salary by department
UnitFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015
Computer Science$179,616$175,533$171,342$164,112$158,967$157,872$157,525$167,586$156,353$146,370$147,272
Electrical & Computer Engr$187,910$186,891$180,721$171,352$165,917$168,370$161,831$146,964$148,786$145,174$145,346
Industrial & Systems Engr$175,036$170,000$171,548$160,833$162,692$153,809$159,067$159,603$142,465$147,523$137,737
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Computational Science & Engr$175,500$174,548$171,710$174,703$189,541$194,083$201,652$196,950$192,490$183,814$173,021
Biomed Engr/Joint Emory PKU$139,313$144,655$134,950$124,923$119,823$114,893$104,709$93,840$84,333$82,000$141,470
$72.4K$100.2K$127.9K$155.7K$183.5K$211.2KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsComputational Science & EngrBiomed Engr/Joint Emory PKU

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